1965 VFL Season Round 1: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 17 April 1965 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round one of the 1965 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Ralph Rogerson captained the hosts. Ken Fraser captained the visitors with Ian Shelton as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Stephen and the visitors were coached by John Coleman.

Fitzroy (8.16.64) were defeated by Essendon (11.18.84).

Match Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 17 April 1965
Time: 2:20 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 17,500

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 8.16.64 - 11.18.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 1 3 . 10 3 . 10 8 . 16 8 . 16 (64)
Essendon 3 . 8 3 . 9 10 . 16 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Margin ESSE by 19 FITZ by 1 ESSE by 48 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Ralph Rogerson
Coach: Bill Stephen

Essendon

Captain: Ken Fraser
Vice-Captain: Ian Shelton
Coach: John Coleman

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Toohey

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
10 Beattie, Bob ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 1
5 Bond, Colin ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 3 0
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 2 4 2
17 Calverley, Graham ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 3 2 0
6 Eastman, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 1 1 4
25 Fitzgerald, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 5 3 1
9 Fry, Ron ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 4 2 1
15 Hayes, John ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 1 0
2 Hellings, Doug ? ? 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 0
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 5 0 14 12 2 6 5 0
11 Lynch, Allen ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 1 3
8 Lynch, Bob ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 5 3 3
7 McCrae, Ian ? ? 0 2 9 7 2 0 0 1
33 McRae, Colin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Miers, Max ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 6 0 4
20 Newnham, John ? ? 0 4 26 22 4 3 5 3
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 0 2 6 6 0 5 1 1
3 Pert, Brian ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 1 0
1 Rogerson, Ralph (c) ? ? 2 2 15 15 0 6 3 2
27 Slocum, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 16 231 190 41 57 36 28

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK FF FA
11 Birt, Johnny ? ? 4 1 31 27 4 3 1 2
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 4 1
18 Brown, Greg ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 1 3
12 Capuano, Barry ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 0 2 1
1 Clarke, Jack ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 3 4 3
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 1 0
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 2
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 3 7 12 11 1 5 3 1
23 Fraser, Ken (c) ? ? 1 2 19 13 6 9 1 3
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 2 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 2 1 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 1 3
31 Mitchell, Hugh ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 2
8 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 8 1 2
34 Sampson, Brian ? ? 0 2 6 5 1 1 1 2
4 Shaw, David ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 3 1 2
10 Shelton, Ian (vc) ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 6 3 5
19 Somerville, John ? ? 1 1 4 4 0 2 0 1
25 Timms, Ken ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 4 2 2
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 18 223 193 30 63 29 36

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s